Across
- 2. The three-dimensional location from which blood spatter originated.
- 3. an objectively justifiable suspicion that is based on specific facts or circumstances and that justifies stopping and sometimes searching (as by frisking) a person thought to be involved in criminal activity at the time
- 5. a body of people (typically twelve in number) sworn to give a verdict in a legal case on the basis of evidence submitted to them in court.
- 8. the science of projectiles and firearms.
- 10. cover with drops or spots of something.
- 12. the action or state of making or being made impure by polluting or poisoning.
- 16. a law that prohibits the use of illegally obtained evidence in a criminal trial.
- 18. one type of evidentiary standard used in a burden of proof analysis. Under the preponderance standard, the burden of proof is met when the party with the burden convinces the fact finder that there is a greater than 50% chance that the claim is true.
- 19. a medically qualified public officer whose duty is to investigate deaths occurring under unusual or suspicious circumstances, to perform postmortems, and to initiate inquests.
- 20. a formal written or spoken statement, especially one given in a court of law.
Down
- 1. the formal interrogation of a witness called by the other party in a court of law to challenge or extend testimony already given.
- 4. reasonable grounds (for making a search, pressing a charge, etc.).
- 6. is the highest standard of proof used in any court of law.
- 7. an expedition to keep watch over an area, especially by guards or police walking or driving around at regular intervals.
- 9. the settling of blood under the influence of gravity which develops in the early post mortem interval.
- 11. stiffening of the joints and muscles of a body a few hours after death, usually lasting from one to four days.
- 13. a specialized surgical procedure used to determine the cause and manner of death.
- 14. the gravitational pooling of blood in the dependent parts of the body, both externally in the skin capillaries and venules but also in the internal organs.
- 15. the extent of the area or subject matter that something deals with or to which it is relevant.
- 17. means information that establishes sufficient articulable facts that give a trained law enforcement or criminal investigative agency officer, investigator, or employee a reasonable basis to believe that a definable criminal activity or enterprise is, has been, or may be committed.